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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overrate .
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Examples
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He savages Street Legal, dismisses Oh Mercy as "airless", and rather overrates, in my opinion, the patchwork quilt of quotations that is Love and Theft.
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History overrates role players that surround superstars.
Don't Bury the Knicks' Trade Just Yet Kevin Clark 2011
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He overrates devaluation as a remedy for the problems of southern Europe: loss of purchasing power, stagflation, erosion of confidence in the currency and consequent higher cost of capital are the side-effects which are unlikely to be offset adequately by improved export performance.
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I agree with Martha that our culture overrates independence.
In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010
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Much of it is junk, and Google overrates a lot of popular junk
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In a world that absurdly overrates the advantage of sheer brain power, no one wants to be seen as a member in good standing of the stupid party.
Culture War By Proxy Sean 2008
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Obama is plainly naive and overrates his own abilities as a negotiator.
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In a world that absurdly overrates the advantage of sheer brain power, no one wants to be seen as a member in good standing of the stupid party.
Archive 2008-01-01 Dave 2008
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Also how the public both underrrates (re integrity) and overrates (re facility) most attorneys.
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Not only does this perpetuate a harmful vicious cycle which overrates the quality of Chinese food in Taiwan, it is woefully and demonstrably inaccurate.
Archive 2006-11-01 Michael Turton 2006
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